Pistorius to guard: 'Security, everything is okay'

A neighbor of Oscar Pistorius has returned to the stand to give evidence in the star athlete's murder trial in South Africa.

FP Sports|Mar 07, 2014, 18:27:25 IST

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On day four of the trial yesterday, one of the first people on the scene after Oscar Pistorius shot girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp told a court on Thursday he feared the South African Olympic and Paralympic star, who is on trial for murder, might kill himself with the same gun.Testifying on the fourth day of Pistorius' trial, neighbour Johan Stipp said he entered the athlete's home last year a few minutes after hearing screams and shots to find the distraught sprinter kneeling over the lifeless body of a woman."'I shot her. I thought she was a burglar and I shot her,'" Stipp quoted the 27-year-old Pistorius as saying.[caption id="attachment_1422015" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Oscar Pistorius in court on the third day of his trial at the high court in Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday. AP[/caption]Stipp, a doctor, went on to describe his futile attempts to revive Steenkamp, a 29-year-old model and law graduate who been dating Pistorius for a few months.She died after being hit by three rounds, including one to the head, out of four fired by Pistorius through the locked door of an upstairs toilet. He denies murder, arguing that it was a tragic mistake and that he mistook her for an intruder.As Stipp checked Steenkamp for signs of life, Pistorius was begging him to save her life, Stipp told the court."Oscar was crying all the time. He prayed to God: 'Please let her live, she must not die,'" he said.At one point, when Pistorius left Steenkamp, Stipp and housing complex manager Johan Stander to go upstairs, Stipp thought he might be about to kill himself."I noticed that Oscar was going upstairs and I asked Mr. Stander if he knew where the gun was because it was obvious that Oscar was emotionally very, very upset," he said."I didn't know the situation in the house so I thought maybe he was going to hurt himself."Reuters

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